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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Politics
Claire Keenan, Photography Carly Earl

‘It brings you back’: the suburban choir helping people living with dementia reconnect

composite of Tony, Des and Bruce
Tony, Des and Bruce all attend the Good Life Chorus in Sydney. Sessions have singalongs and some physical aspects to get people’s minds and bodies working together through song. Composite: Carly Earl

Leigh Scully looks to her husband, and asks: “Have you been enjoying singing, darling?”

“Music. Music. Music. I love it,” Peter Scully says, with a smile and a drumbeat between each word.

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